[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en faq.xml,1.65,1.66

[Torinthiel]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 10:32:51PM +0100, Guillaume Poirier CVS wrote:
> 
> CVS change done by Guillaume Poirier CVS
> 
> Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en
> In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv26000/DOCS/xml/en
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	faq.xml 
> Log Message:
> New FAQ entry: Newer MPlayer can't play Vorbis file with an old codecs.conf
> lying around because the FourCC for Vobis has been changed recently.
> 
> 
> Index: faq.xml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml,v
> retrieving revision 1.65
> retrieving revision 1.66
> diff -u -r1.65 -r1.66
> --- faq.xml	21 Mar 2005 01:12:45 -0000	1.65
> +++ faq.xml	22 Mar 2005 21:32:48 -0000	1.66
> @@ -837,6 +837,25 @@
>  </qandaentry>
>  
>  <qandaentry>
> +<question><para>I got this playing a file containing an Ogg/Vorbis file:
> +Cannot find codec for audio format 0x73627276. Older MPlayer version are OK.

I'd consider putting error message in <screen> or something.

> +</para></question>
> +<answer><para>
> +Similar to the problem above, you have an old version of
> +<filename>codecs.conf</filename> in
> +<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>,
> +<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>,
> +<filename class="directory">/etc/mplayer</filename>,
> +<filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar. Remove it,
> +it's not needed anymore.
> +Newer Mplayer versions can't work with an old codecs.conf file because the

MPlayer. And I'd rework that sentence. MPlayer can work with old
codecs.conf. Only it's not guaranteed to work properly.
And it kind of suggests that if you have codecs.conf without new Vorbis
FourCC than MPlayer won't launch at all.
Will fix when I have time.
Torinthiel

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